by Shane Nyman | Dec 2, 2021 | Features, Math and Natural Science, Research, Stories
A biology professor at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh is part of a team of researchers studying the aquatic phenomenon sometimes referred to as “rock snot.” Robert Pillsbury, an aquatic ecologist, has spent several years monitoring algae in and around...
by Natalie Johnson | Oct 28, 2021 | Features, Math and Natural Science, Research, Stories
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh biologist Robert Mitchell is part of a team of researchers that will study the genomic basis of smell and taste in longhorned beetles over the next five years with nearly $1.3 million in funding from the National Science Foundation. The...
by Shane Nyman | Oct 21, 2021 | Features, Fox Cities Campus, Research, Stories
Two species that inhabited part of what is now the American south some 100 million years ago have been discovered thanks to a research team that includes a University of Wisconsin Oshkosh paleontologist. Joseph Frederickson, a vertebrate paleontologist and director of...
by News Bureau | Aug 11, 2021 | Business, Research
Stakeholder meetings are underway for a comprehensive workforce development study of Wisconsin’s papermaking industry. The research, funded by the WiSys Ignite! Program, is a collaborative effort between the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s Center for Customized...
by Natalie Johnson | Jul 7, 2021 | Features, Humanities, Research
As part of a prestigious University of Wisconsin System fellowship, UW Oshkosh English professor Douglas Haynes will focus this fall on the intersection of inequality and the ecological crisis, particularly in marginalized communities. “Continuous multitasking is a...
by Laurie Schlosser | Jun 29, 2021 | Headlines, Math and Natural Science, Research
A University of Wisconsin Oshkosh associate professor and his students didn’t uncover the missing remains of murder victim Starkie Swenson at the suspected Omro burial site, but that doesn’t mean the work ends. “The search went very well. The students worked really...